...keep plants growing in good health, thus reducing the need for chemicals. We, with a local staff member of our NGO, traveled a long way to visit this experienced farmer. The staff member was a young man who was not yet a follower of Christ...
...and its future trajectory remains uncertain. As I write this, I have just exchanged messages of safety with local friends and coworkers in the Middle East. Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia,...
...developers collaborating with corrupt local officials. A related factor is simply local abuse of power, especially in regions where there is a history of tension between Christians and officials, or...
...they relate to the local church. Nearly every need addressed in China over the past three decades has been “urgent,” yet the rush to address these needs has often overshadowed...
...of the kings and convinced them of God’s sovereignty. 538 BC King Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to rebuild the house of the Lord. Social hostility: On-going local opposition...
...in partnerships involves learning the culture, seeing the local worldview as valid, and being willing to submit and participate in the local culture. Image credit: by Joann Pittman, via Flickr...
...then he might be willing to listen to her prayers as he had for others. Yan began to pray and eventually started attending a local church. Her decision to follow...
...Christians would only be allowed to eat in an approved church? In China, a considerable number of Christians belong to the so-called “house church.” These are churches that are not...
...boys and girls spend their days studying the Quran at religious schools, and muezzin summon the faithful via loudspeakers — a marked contrast to mosques in Xinjiang, where the local...
...time allotted. Mission Ministry in Hong Kong, Part 1 : Sunset or Sunrise? (March 16, 2020, ChinaSource Blog) The social movement in Hong Kong since June last year has awakened local churches to...
...following the Yongzheng Emperor’s 1724 proscription of Christianity, highlighting how local and expatriate Catholics responded to official persecution over the following century. As priests and missionaries from overseas became more...
...training, a local Chinese church leader in the city where I lived confided in me saying she had no idea how to help two of the worship team members who...